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OneDrive Taking up space on C: even when nothing is being kept on device.
Could you please try the “Free up space” option? This will remove files from your device while keeping them safely stored in OneDrive, so you can still access them when needed.
To do this:
Go to OneDrive, then right-click on the OneDrive folder or the files/folders, and select “Free up space.”
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Hi, Thank you for the reply. I Selected the entire OneDrive and did "Free up space". This has only reduced the storage taken by 2 GB. OneDrive is still somehow taking a whole 160 GB of my C drive
I don't see how OneDrive could take up space with Files On-Demand fully implemented. Have you tried what I suggested?
Could you please unlink this PC from OneDrive, stop the sync, and check if that reduces the space? Then sign in again and enable Files On‑Demand
